They say "dress for success." I didn't, and I wasn't, though which was the cause and which was the effect was unclear and ultimately irrelevant.

Anyway, it was of course while in thrall to the purgatory many people refer to as "employment" that I began typing away at a modest bicycle blog. This blog quickly consumed my being like the saddle of the Ironic Orange Julius Bike consumed my pants. I quit my job, wrote some books, co-curated some human children, and almost ten (10) years later her we are.

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So last week I multi-modaled myself on down to the Men's Wearhouse for a fitting:

Lo, by Friday I was a schlub transformed, and my total suit holdings had increased by 100% to a grand total of two (2). This means if I ever have to attend back-to-back funerals I won't have to wear the same thing twice in a row:

(Who died? My inner dirtbag, that's who.)

Meet the Reservoir Dorks:

Of course this was the most time I'd spent in a suit since the last wedding I attended. It was also at least 30 degrees warmer outside than it had been during that wedding, and unlike the wedding I spent much of this time riding a bicycle. Nevertheless, despite riding around Manhattan and Brooklyn in temperatures that tickled the undercarriage of 90 degrees I was surprisingly comfortable. So if you need to attend weddings, funerals, or actual jobs with any regularity and you would like to ride a bike to them, you might want to add one of these to your quiver/wardrobe/stable or whatever the Clothing Freds call them.

In a time when the bike internet practically lives to call out the bicycle industry's inherent gender biases, it's almost quaint that they'd market this thing with a video montage consisting almost entirely of stock photos of fashion models:

I am happy to report: No. The vibe in Fort Worth is somewhere between a soccer game and a pizza party. To be sure: Some young racers are really into it, and some parents, too. But most seem to be there simply for the spectacle and a good time. “Have fun, that’s the main thing,” a parent named Blayne Chambers tells me, even after as his son, Cason, winds up winning the 4-year-old category. “If he’s not having fun, there’s no sense doing it.”

May the Benevolent Lobster on High steer them from the Chasm of Fredness.

I am in the unfortunate circumstance of soon to be facing a multi-modal commute... and thus was looking over the Bromptons earlier this week at the LBS. While as a bike geek (or whatever), I'm not fazed by the $1800+ price tag. It did strike me as a lot of money to augment the already perfectly good around town bike I already have just to go the 7 or so miles where there's absolutely no alternative to actually ride (across SF Bay in this case).

Coincidentally, I also just got the kid a skateboard... and while perhaps not as fast as the Brompton, it only cost about $100+, is lighter and more portable. Or perhaps this is just a downhill slide to a motorized scooter?

I tried to stifle my laughter as I slogged through the Neva kickstarter page, wondering to myself what I most wanted to comment on. Then I ran across this gem, which needs no comment, but considerable laughter-stifling: "NEVA cycles is launched from the fundament of Bureau Fidder ..."

From the NEVA kickstarter "No women likes to wear the same dress to a party. Why riding the same bicycle as other women do?"

So, then, why would a woman buy a NEVA and ride the same bike as other women instead of getting a genuinely unique custom bike from one of the many many excellent builders around the world for about the same price? Makes no sense.

ps, you can always put some t-nuts inside those new wingtips for road cleats.

I really hate reading these "I've been doing this for almost 10 years" posts. I know this had got to end/jump the shark officially, but I hope to have given up reading it by then. You give life meaning, Wildcat.

I think I'll wait for the 38.0. But wool? I bet Grant Petersen has a few thoughts about that. And so do I --wool is great! I'm sorry I make sheep naked in order to wear it, I wish my body was smart enough to grow that stuff.

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While I love cycling and embrace it in all its forms, I'm also extremely critical. So I present to you my venting for your amusement and betterment. No offense meant to the critiqued. Always keep riding!